Biker 'with vendetta' left pedestrian with broken leg after knocking him over

A hit-and-run motorcyclist mounted a kerb and broke a pedestrian's leg in two places because of a vendetta, a judge said today. Judge Niclas Parry at Mold Crown Court jailed Keenan Phelps, 25, of Pen y Coed Road, Drury, Buckley, for 18 months.

He also imposed a two-year ban which will start on his release, with an extended test. Phelps was found guilty by magistrates, after a trial, of dangerous driving on February 7 last year on Englefield Avenue, Connah's Quay.

The prosecution said the victim wasn't thought to have been the intended target of the attack. Prosecutor Laura Knightly said it was a "highly dangerous" manoeuvre.

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Defence counsel Dafydd Roberts said Phelps, a dad, worked for an engineering firm and his employer spoke of him in "glowing" terms. Judge Parry said Phelps had passed a group of men three times and targeted them.

The victim needed metal rods in his leg after being knocked over. Phelps had been uninsured and banned from driving at the time.

"Because of a personal vendetta, you took revenge," the judge added to him.

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